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3.5.4 Fisheries Enforcement

CRC assisted the Africoms regional support liaison for civilian programs, Dr. Augustus Vogel, and the Office of Naval Research to plan and prepare a March 2010 training program in Takoradi for the International Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Network. The objective was to identify monitoring, control and surveillance work that could be carried out through collaboration among the Fisheries Commission, the Ghana Navy, and local canoe fishermen. It is important to note that while CRC does not fund nor participate in any enforcement activities, it has played an important role in leveraging funding from the aforementioned institutions for developing and training on appropriate enforcement approaches. This program is slated to continue in Year 2 and 3.

3.5.5 Ex-situ Training and Exchange VisitsStudy Tour

The following CRC staff and Initiative associates participated in selected training programs offered by CRCURI with USAID funding: • Balertey Gormey CRC-Ghana, Steven Kankam FoN and Dennis Aheto University of Cape Coast attended a three-week Summer Institute Program on ‘Climate Change’ at URI in June 2010. • Godfred Asiedu Ameyaw CRC-Ghana and George Hutchful Fisheries Directorate - Accra attended a three-week Summer Institute Course on ‘Leadership for Fisheries Management’ at the University of Rhode Island in August 2010. • Awulae Annor Adjaye III Paramount Chief of Western Nzema Traditional Area, Nana Bozza IX Divisional Chief of Akatakyie and Mmawerehene of the Ahanta Traditional Area, Donkris Mevuta and Kyei Kwadwo Yamoah FoN were sponsored by CRC to an eight-day Oil and Gas Study Tour in the USA in April 2010. • Esther Amewode CRC and Gladys Wetsi FoN attended training on USAID rules and regulation on Grants and Cooperative Agreements in Accra in September 2010. Table 5: Summary Table of Key Milestones for Year I Activity Areas Activity Objective Status Expected Completion Date Observation 3.1 Baseline 3.1.1 Training Build capacity of partners in integrated coastal and fisheries management concepts and tools for the implementation of the ICFG Initiative Completed Three training sessions held in February, April and August. A total of 70 persons trained including the District Planner, staff of CRC and FoN, representatives from universities, the Fisheries Commission and Chiefs, and Chief fishermen and fish queens 3.1.2 Document and analyze response Document changes in the key human and environmental variables conditions of the fisheries and coast of the Western Region in the form of a timeline extending from the late 1940s to the present Completed Group analyses of response of governance system to ecosystem change in the Western Region and documentation of long term changes in the condition of the fisheries in the coastal region 3.1.3 Governance response Commission four sets of case studies that document and analyze responses of the governance system to issues posed by shifts in the condition of the coast and its fisheries Synthesis document remains to be completed Nov. 2010 Four case studies on Premix, CBFMC, Illegal Fishing Methods and Traditional Beliefs and the Sea, conducted by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Cape Coast were completed and submitted; final in-house review at CRC is underway 3.1.4 Biodiversity Threats Assessment Identify areas of coastal and marine biological significance and document key threats to these biodiversity assets Final edits by CRC remain to be done Dec. 2010 Consultant completed desk review, validation presentation for stakeholders in Takoradi; final report has been submitted; CRC additions pending Assessments of Critical Habitats study 3.1.5 Coastal Communities Characteriza- tion Baseline of information on coastal communities, shoreline characteristics, resource management Completed Characterization of 89 communities in six districts was completed and the final reports issued 32